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Programming Languages and Compilers

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Programming languages and compilers involve the rules, syntax, and semantics used to write and execute software programs. Key areas include scripting languages, object oriented concepts, and parsing algorithms like top down parsers. Practice these computer science questions to build proficiency for technical and computer knowledge exams.

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Programming Languages and Compilers Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a low level programming language?

  1. Java

  2. Perl

  3. Interpreter

  4. Assembly language

  5. Translator
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

An assembly language is a low-level programming language. An assembler is a program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect about structured programming language?

  1. In this type of language, programs can be divided into objects.

  2. Prime focus is on functions and procedures that operate on data.

  3. Data moves freely around the systems from one function to another.

  4. Program structure follows Top Down Approach.

  5. In this type of language, large programs are divided into small programs called functions.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Object is a feature of object oriented language. Objects are not available in structured programming languages.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is a procedural query language that consists of a set of operations that takes one or two relations as input and produces a new relation as their result?

  1. Query language

  2. Relational algebra

  3. Tuple relational calculus

  4. DML precompiler

  5. DBA
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is a procedural query language that consists of a set of operations that takes one or two relations as input and produces a new relation as their result.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are incorrect about C language? a. C language was developed at Bell Laboratories in 1980 by Dennis Ritchie. b. C language features were derived from earlier language called B. c. C language was invented for implementing UNIX operating system. d. C language is a object oriented programming language.

  1. a and b

  2. b and c

  3. a and d

  4. b, c and d

  5. a, b and d
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Both of statement (a) and (d) are incorrect about C language. a) C language was developed at Bell Laboratories in 1972 by Dennis Ritchie. d) C language is a structure oriented programming language.